List of proto-languages

Below is a partial list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location.

Africa

 * Proto-Afroasiatic
 * Proto-Semitic
 * Proto-Cushitic
 * Proto-Berber
 * Proto-Chadic
 * Proto-Omotic
 * Proto-Niger–Congo
 * Proto-Bantu
 * Proto-Yoruboid

Europe and Western Asia

 * Proto-Northwest Caucasian
 * Proto-Abazgi
 * Proto-Circassian
 * Proto-Kartvelian
 * Proto-Georgian-Zan
 * Proto-Basque
 * Proto-Indo-European
 * Proto-Anatolian
 * Proto-Albanian
 * Proto-Greek
 * Proto-Armenian
 * Proto-Indo-Iranian
 * Proto-Iranian
 * Proto-Indo-Aryan
 * Early Romani
 * Proto-Balto-Slavic
 * Proto-Baltic
 * Proto-Slavic
 * Proto-Celtic
 * Common Brittonic
 * Proto-Germanic
 * Proto-Norse
 * Proto-Italic
 * Proto-Romance
 * Common Romanian
 * Proto-Afroasiatic
 * Proto-Semitic
 * Proto-Arabic
 * Proto-Northeast Caucasian
 * Proto-Uralic
 * Proto-Finnic (Proto-Balto-Finnic)
 * Proto-Samic
 * Proto-Samic

North and Central Asia

 * Proto-Turkic
 * Proto-Mongolic
 * Proto-Tungusic
 * Proto-Koreanic
 * Proto-Japonic
 * Proto-Yeniseian
 * Proto-Uralic
 * Proto-Finnic
 * Proto-Samic
 * Proto-Mordvinic
 * Proto-Permic
 * Proto-Mansi
 * Proto-Khanty
 * Proto-Samoyed
 * Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
 * Proto-Indo-European
 * Proto-Tocharian
 * Proto-Ainu
 * Proto-Ainu

South Asia

 * Proto-Dravidian
 * Proto-South Dravidian
 * Proto-Indo-European
 * Proto-Indo-Iranian
 * Proto-Indo-Aryan
 * Proto-Nuristani

Pacific Rim

 * Proto-Pama–Nyungan
 * Proto-Arandic
 * Proto-Thura-Yura
 * Proto-Trans–New Guinea (list)
 * Proto-Austronesian (list)
 * Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
 * Proto-Philippine
 * Proto-Oceanic
 * Proto-Central Pacific language
 * Proto-Polynesian
 * Proto-Admiralty Islands
 * Proto-Temotu language
 * Proto-Micronesian language
 * Proto-Torres–Banks language
 * Proto-Kra–Dai
 * Proto-Kra (list)
 * Proto-Kam–Sui (list)
 * Proto-Tai (list)
 * Proto-Hlai (list)
 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan
 * Proto-Sinitic
 * Proto-Min
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman (list)
 * Proto-Loloish
 * Proto-Karenic
 * Proto-Hmong–Mien (list)
 * Proto-Hmongic (list)
 * Proto-Mienic (list)
 * Proto-Austroasiatic
 * Proto-Aslian (list)
 * Proto-Khmeric (list)
 * Proto-Palaungic (list)
 * Proto-Viet-Muong
 * Proto-Munda

Americas

 * Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
 * Proto-Eskimo
 * Proto-Inuit
 * Proto-Algic
 * Proto-Algonquian
 * Proto-Muskogean
 * Proto-Iroquoian
 * Proto-Uto-Aztecan
 * Proto-Nahuan
 * Proto-Mayan
 * Proto-Mixe–Zoquean language
 * Proto-Totonacan language
 * Proto-Na-Dené
 * Proto-Athabaskan
 * Proto-Tupian
 * Proto-Siouan
 * Proto-Tupian
 * Proto-Siouan
 * Proto-Tupian
 * Proto-Siouan
 * Proto-Siouan
 * Proto-Siouan
 * Proto-Siouan

Macrofamily reconstructions
These are hypothetical proto-languages that cannot be substantiated using the scientific methods of comparative linguistics.
 * Proto-Altaic
 * Proto-Eurasiatic
 * Proto-Ural-Altaic
 * Proto-Austric
 * Proto-Amerind
 * Proto-Human language
 * Proto-Human language